The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1882, Page 44

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44. The Lutheran Pioneer.

Letter from New Orleans.

Dear PioneEER:—The last letter from New
Orleans left us enjoying the vacation. Fully
recreated both teachers and children have
entered upon their labors of a new year. The
outlook is promising, and we are not at all
discouraged.

Both schools were reopened on the 4th of

September. At the beginning the attendance
in ‘Sailors’ Home”’ was small, owing chiefly
to the dilapidated condition of the building.
. By diligent canvassing, however, the number
of. pupils has increased considerably. The
school at present numbers 80 scholars. The
progress of the Sunday School is comparatively
better than that of the day school. Thank God,
the opposition that threatened to ruin our mis-
sion, can not as yet boast of the victory. The
instruction of the catechumen class has been
postponed for a while. The room in the 4th
story, which we formerly used for that class,
has so many gobling-stories connected with it,
that the children declined to enter it. As soon,
however, as the church on Franklin street is re-
paired the work will be taken up again. And
now the little Pioneer can bring the ‘‘glad
tidings to every home,” that the church is
purchased at last, and that ‘‘Sailors’ Home”’
will be yielded up to the masterless animals,
that have made this place their habitation.
A full description of the new church together
with its dedication will appear in the next
number of the PIONEER.

The 18th Sunday after Trinity was a day
of joy for the members of the Mount Zion’s
Church; to its number two members were
added by confirmation, and within a short
time two more will be received. Mrs. Wright,
a catechumen of the day, has contributed
$10.00 more to the building fund of the Frank-
lin street Church, and it is to be hoped that
the rest of the members will follow her ex-
ample.

On the 19th Sunday after Trinity we reaped
the first fruits of our labor at the Claiborn
mission. The great joy and expectation with
which we began the instruction of the cat-
echumen class here, has been considerably re-
duced. One of the catechumens left her class

“and the school voluntarily for reasons un-

__known. Another, after having had the benefit

of the instruction for nearly a year, told us but
a few days before confirmation that she has
been a member of another church since her
tenth year. Another one has been detained
by sickness, but will enter the class of the com-
ing year. The remaining three, Josephine
Williams, Louis Thomas, and Frank Royal,
are the only ones that have persevered. It was
the attachment of these children to our Sunday
School of former years that encouraged us to
take up the work at this place again. The
regularity with which our Josephine has at-
tended services and Sunday School, is worthy
of notice; whether rain or fair weather she is

never missing. On this occasion the chapel

was appropriately decorated. <A carpet for the
aisle was presented by the Sunday School. A
little friend of these children furnished the
carpet for the altar,,and the good ladies of the
missionaries had tastefully decorated the pulpit.
A large congregation was assembled to witness
the act of confirmation.

The St. Paul school at Claiborn is crowded
to overflowing; of the old scholars 92 have re-
turned. While the applications were numerous,
only 14 new scholars could be admitted. The
attendance is so regular that every nook and
corner is occupied. The Sunday School as
well as the church has a good deal of opposi-
tion to contend with. Out of this school §
children have put their names down on the
confirmation list for the coming year.

Christmas is again approaching; the chil-
dren are already rejoicing; the christmas-tree
is a topic of general conversation among them.
Now we sincerely. wish to make our children
happy at Christmas time; we will tell them
about the Holy Child Jesus and what has been
secured for them and for us by His marvellous
birth; we want them to rejoice in their Saviour.
But our Lord will not be angry with us for
gladdening their hearts also with presents.
We, however, have not the means to obtain
these things. The demands on our treasury
have been so great of late that we dare not
ask our Cashier for a contribution to our Christ-
mas-tree. We are therefore compelled to turn
to our generous friends again and kindly ask
them to send us something, be it ever so little,
for our Christmas-tree. We doubt not that
all, who are interested in our work wish us a
happy Christmas; remember us then not only
in your prayers, but also in your contributions,
that our hearts may rejoice with you at the
merry Christmas time. If there should be a
surplus, there is plenty of room for it. We
have many poor people among us who want
even the things which are necessary to satisfy
the cravings of hunger and to protect the body
against the winter’s cold. ‘‘To do good and to
communicate forget not.’’

Contributions for our Christmas-trees should
be sent directly to the missionary, N..J. Bakke,
113 Columbus str., New Orleans, La.

New Orleans, La., Oct. 16th 1882.

MISSIONARY.
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Short Stops.

Serrtep THE Marrer.—A young man
thinking he was called to preach the Gospel,
wrote to a faithful old minister, as follows:
“J think Iam called by the Spirit to preach;
how much do you think I can make a year?”
The reply was, ‘‘The question you ask shows
you are not called.’”’ :

Gop Kxows.—A coachman, pointing to one
of his horses, said to a traveler, ‘‘That horse,
sir, knows when I swear at him.’’ ‘ Yes,” re-
plied the traveler, ‘‘and so does your Maker.”’

Tae Tore to Dance. — An old colored
preacher in Atlanta, Ga., was lecturing a youth

of his fold about the sin of dancing, when the
latter protested that the Bible plainly said, |
‘‘There’s a time to dance.”’ ‘‘ Yes; darama
time to dance,” said the colored divine; ‘‘and
its when a boy gets a whippin’ for goin’ toa
ball.’’

Very Srrance.—Did anyone ever hear of
a person who, because there is counterfeit
money in circulation, would have nothing todo
with money? Why, then, reject Christianity
because there are bogus Christians in circula-
tion? It is very strange that so trivial and un-
reasonable an excuse should be so often offered.

Two smEs To rr.—‘‘There are two sides to
everything,’’ said an infidel lecturer; ‘‘I re-
peat it, there are two sides—”’ At this juncture
a tired-looking little man stood up in the front
seat to say: —‘‘ Well, if you've no objections,
I will just step out and sce if there are two
sides to this hall. I know there is an inside,
and if I find there is an outside you'll know it
by my not coming back. You needn’t be
alarmed if I shouldn’t return.’’ And as he
walked up the aisle he was followed by the ad-
miring eyes of the whole audience. Their
sympathies were with him, but they were de-
ficient in moral courage.

Nor a Bicor.—'‘ Though a decided Chris-
tian, he was not a bigot.’’ Well, it may be that
such a notice is praise, but for the most part it
means that his principles sat loosely. on him.
Pat was reeling home when a friend met him
and said, ‘‘ Why, Pat, I thought you had be-
come a temperance man.”’ ‘So I am,” said
Pat, ‘‘but not a big-big-bigoted one.’’

BOOK-TABLE.

AMERIKANISCHER KALENDER fiir deutsche Luthe-
raner auf das Jahr 1883. Concordia Publishing
House, St. Louis, Mo.

The Lutheran Almanac, issued annually by our
Publishing House at St. Louis, has become a wel-
come guest in thousands of our German Lutheran
homes. It comes again this year well supplied with
excellent reading matter for the members of our
German congregations and contains the usual val-
uable statistics and information concerning the
Synodical Conference. Of course all our German
readers will want it. The price is but 10 cents.

St. Paul’s Colored Lutheran Church,
Litre lock, Ark.
Chapel on corner of 12th and Rock Sts.

Sunday-school meets every Sunday at 2 o’clock.
Divine services at 3 o’clock and 7 0’ clock.

Colored Lutheran Churches in New Orleans, La.
MOUNT ZION COLORED LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Sunday-school meets every Sunday in ‘‘ Sailors’ Home?”
on Erato St. at 2.0’clock.
Divine services at 3 o’clock every Sunday and at 7.30 every
Thursday evening.
ST. PAUL’S COLORED LUTHERAN CHURCH.

Chapel on lay por St., between St. Bernard and Annette.
Sunday-school every Sunday at 10 A. . -
i Divine services at 7.30 every Sunday and Wednesday even-
ing.

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